ESSEX CRICKET

a18945	Kent v Essex
	Friends Provident Trophy 2008 (South East Group)
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 20th April 2008 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 31 runs
Points	Kent 0; Essex 2
Umpires	TE Jesty, NJ Llong

Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*ML Pettini	c Jones b McLaren	119	141	165	9	1	84.40
JER Gallian	run out	3	13	23	-	-	23.08
RS Bopara	c Jones b Yasir Arafat	99	87	98	11	3	113.79
JD Middlebrook	c Stevens b Yasir Arafat	2	5	8	-	-	40.00
RN ten Doeschate	c Denly b McLaren	22	24	29	1	-	91.67
+JS Foster	not out	21	16	24	2	-	131.25
TJ Phillips	not out	22	18	22	1	-	122.22
GW Flower	did not bat
CJC Wright	did not bat
DD Masters	did not bat
A Nel	did not bat
Extras	(14 lb, 8 nb, 7 w)	29
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	317
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Gallian), 2-207 (Bopara), 3-215 (Middlebrook), 4-269 (ten Doeschate), 5-269 (Pettini)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Yasir Arafat	9	2	39	2	1	2	27.00	4.33
Saggers	6	0	43	0	-	-	-	7.17
Azhar Mahmood	10	1	69	0	1	2	-	6.90
McLaren	10	0	58	2	3	-	30.00	5.80
Tredwell	10	0	52	0	-	-	-	5.20
Stevens	3	0	24	0	1	-	-	8.00
van Jaarsveld	2	0	18	0	1	-	-	9.00

Kent innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JL Denly	b Wright	28	54	50	5	-	51.85
*RWT Key	run out	20	36	68	-	-	55.56
M van Jaarsveld	b Bopara	124	93	132	11	3	133.33
MJ Walker	c Foster b Middlebrook	33	50	50	1	-	66.00
DI Stevens	c Foster b Phillips	2	5	3	-	-	40.00
Azhar Mahmood	lbw b Middlebrook	30	23	27	1	1	130.43
+GO Jones	c Bopara b Nel	5	7	7	-	-	71.43
R McLaren	c ten Doeschate b Wright	6	9	17	-	-	66.67
JC Tredwell	c Pettini b Nel	3	5	9	-	-	60.00
Yasir Arafat	not out	23	10	14	1	2	230.00
MJ Saggers	not out	3	8	5	-	-	37.50
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 3 w)	9
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	286
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Denly), 2-61 (Key), 3-141 (Walker), 4-148 (Stevens), 5-206 (Azhar Mahmood), 6-226 (Jones), 7-257 (McLaren), 8-258 (van Jaarsveld), 9-277 (Tredwell)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Nel	10	2	40	2	1	-	30.00	4.00
Wright	10	2	47	2	1	-	30.00	4.70
Bopara	8	0	56	1	-	-	48.00	7.00
Masters	6	0	26	0	-	-	-	4.33
Middlebrook	7	0	38	2	-	-	21.00	5.43
Phillips	4	0	25	1	1	-	24.00	6.25
ten Doeschate	5	0	48	0	-	-	-	9.60

Notes
--> ML Pettini 100 in 126 balls, 149 minutes with 8 fours
--> ML Pettini passed his previous highest ListA Matches score of 103
--> RS Bopara passed 2000 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 29
--> M van Jaarsveld passed his previous highest ListA Matches score of 123
--> MJ Walker passed 5500 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 3
--> GO Jones passed 2000 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 4